Customize conversations

To customize the look of your chats, you can select a theme for the background and message bubbles.

Important: Chat theme changes are only visible to you.

Change chat theme

1. Open Google Messages .
2. Open the conversation you want to customize.
3. In the top bar, either:
   • At the top, tap the recipient or group name.
   • In the upper right, tap More .
4. Tap Chat theme .

Select colors

After you tap Chat theme:

1. Select one of the color themes from the palette.
2. Tap Apply.

Select a wallpaper

After you tap Chat theme:

1. Change the color of your chat: Select one of the color themes from the palette.
2. Select a wallpaper for your chat:
   • To choose your own photo, tap Choose a photo .
   • To choose a preset option, select a category, then a wallpaper from that category.
     • Tip: You can also choose a different color option.
3. Tap Apply.

Reset chat theme

If you want to revert your chat back to the default theme:

1. In the top bar, either:
   • At the top, tap the recipient or group name.
   • In the upper right, tap More .
2. Tap Chat theme   Reset to default  Apply.

Related resources

• Get started with Google Messages
• Change Messages notifications & settings
• Learn about Rich Communication Services (RCS) messaging
• Turn on RCS chats in Google Messages